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Section 2 - Memory Flashcards

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1
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What are the 3 types of memory

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  • Semantic (knowledge) - conscious
  • Episodic (emotion) - conscious
  • Procedural (movement) - unconscious
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What are the 2 characteristics of memory

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  • STM

- LTM

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3
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What is encoding

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How a memory trace is internally represented

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How is STM encoded

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-acoustic

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How is LTM encoded

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-Semantic

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6
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What is capacity

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How much in physical terms each memory store can hold

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What is duration

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How long a memory trace lasts once created in STM and LTM

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8
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What is the magic number of recall

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7 (+ or - 2)

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What are the 3 parts of the working memory model (WMM)

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  • Central executive
  • Phonological loop
  • Visuo-spatial sketchpad
  • Episodic buffer
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What is the central executives function

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Monitors and coordinates all other mental functions in working memory

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What are the 3 slave systems

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  • LTM
  • Visuo-spatial sketchpad
  • phonological loop
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What are the problems with using case studies

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  • They’re of unique individuals and cannot be generalised to the population
  • brain injury is traumatic, changes behavior so the person performs worse on tasks
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What 2 parts does the phonological loop consist of

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  • Phonological store

- Articulatory control process

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What is the phonological store

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speech perception- holds info in speech form for 1-2 seconds

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What is the Articulatory control process

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speech production- used to rehearse and store verbal info from the phonological store

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What was the aim of Baddeley and hitch (1974)

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To investigate if participants can use different parts of working memory at the same time.

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How many tasks did Baddeley and hitch get the participants to perform

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2 tasks at the same time

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What did the digit span task require the participants to do

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Repeat a list of numbers

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19
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What did the verbal reasoning task require the participants to do

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Answer true or false to various questions

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What did they find in the digit span task

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As the length of numbers increased it took participants longer to answer the reasoning questions

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What did they find in the verbal reasoning task

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they didn’t make any more errors in the verbal reasoning tasks as the number of digits increased

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22
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Does the central executive have a storage capacity

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No storage capacity; so nowhere to hold info that relates to visual or acoustic

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What does the episodic buffer do

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  • Integrates info from the CE to the phonological loop and the VSSP
  • maintains a sense of time sequencing (recording events)
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What are the 2 parts of the VSSP

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  • Visual cache (visual items)

- Inner scribe (arrangement of objects

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What is the duration of STM

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18-30 seconds

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26
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What is the capacity of the STM

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chunks 7 +/- 2

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27
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What is the duration of the LTM

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Infinite

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28
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What is the capacity of the LTM

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Infinite

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29
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What was the first store in the multi-store model of memory

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Sensory memory

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30
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What was the second store in the multi-store model of memory

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Short term memory

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31
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What was the third store in the multi-store model of memory

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Long term memory

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32
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What was the arrow that points to the STM in the multi store model of memory from the sensory memory

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Attention

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33
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What was the arrow that points to the Long term in the multi store model of memory

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storage

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34
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What was the arrow that points to the STM in the multi store model of memory from the long term memory

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Recall

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35
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How can you make information go into your long term memory multi-store model of memory

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Rehearse the information

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36
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How long will it take for you to forget information you don’t pay attention to multi-store model of memory

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2-3 seconds

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37
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Strengths of the multi-store memory model

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Brain scanning techniques showing difference between STM and LTM

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38
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What is a limitation of the multi-store memory model

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Over simplified

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39
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How is the multi-store model over simplified

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It suggests that they’re single stores, research doesn’t support this

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40
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What is a case study on the multi-store memory model

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Study of people with brain damage shows different areas of brain are involved in STM and LTM

41
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What are the main characteristics of the sensory memory store

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gain information fro your 5 receptors and corresponding areas of the brain

42
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What are the main characteristics of the STM

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  • used for immediate tasks limited duration

- info will disappear from STM if new information occurs

43
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What are the main characteristics of long term memory

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  • Unlimited duration and capacity

- occurs when you understand the info

44
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What are the 3 types of LTM

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  • Episodic
  • Semantic
  • Procedural
45
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What is procedural memory and example

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How to do things IE: how to tie shoe laces

46
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What is Episodic memory and example

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A conscious memory of a previous experience IE: first day at school

47
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What is Semantic memory and example

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A recollection of a word, concept or number IE: How to spell

48
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What are the 2 main types of LTM

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  • Implicit memory

- Explicit memory

49
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What is explicit memory

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Memories acquired and used unconsciously

50
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What is implicit memory

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conscious, intentional recollection of factual information

51
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What is retroactive interference

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Current attempts to learn something interfere with past learning

52
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What is proactive interference

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Past learning interferes with current attempts to learn something

53
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What did Underwood (1957) find after pps memorised 10 or more lists

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After 24hours they only remembered 20% of it

54
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What did Underwood (1957) find after pps memorised 1 list

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They remembered 70% of it

55
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When is interference strongest

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When items are similar

56
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What are the 2 theories of forgetting

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  • Decay theory

- retrieval failure

57
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What does the decay theory suggest

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Memories fade due to the passage of time

58
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What does the retrieval failure theory suggest

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Memories are in the LTM but cannot be accessed

59
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What is a cue

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Anything that can help you remember

60
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What is forgetting in LTM mainly due to

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retrieval failure

61
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Who conducted the leading questions study

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Loftus and Palmer

62
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What year was the leading questions study conducted

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1974

63
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How many students were shown the traffic accident

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45

64
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How many different traffic accidents were shown

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7

65
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What verbs were used to describe the traffic accident

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  • Smashed
  • collided
  • bumped
  • hit
  • contacted
66
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What was the mean speed estimate when the verb smashed was used

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40.8 mph

67
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What was the mean speed estimate when the verb collided was used

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39.3 mph

68
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What was the mean speed estimate when the verb bumped was used

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38.1 mph

69
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What was the mean speed estimate when the verb hit was used

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34 mph

70
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What was the mean speed estimate when the verb contacted was used

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31.8 mph

71
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What was the 2nd study they did on a car crash

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ask misleading questions on if there was nay broken glass

72
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How many groups were they split up into on the broken glass study

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3

73
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How long did the participants wait to return to the broken glass study

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1 week

74
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How many questions were they asked when they returned

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10 questions

75
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What was the only question out of the 10 that was important

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Did you see any broken glass in the film

76
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What did they find about the broken glass question

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That those who thought the car was going faster, more of them said they remember broken glass

77
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What did the Loftus and Palmer study find about leading questions

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They did actually change your memory of the event

78
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What is a leading question

A

A question that suggests to the witness what answer is desired

79
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What is a misleading question

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Supplying info that may lead a witness memory for a crime to be altered

80
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What is anxiety

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Emotional state accompanied by increased HR and breathing rate

81
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What is post event discussion

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A discussion that happens after the event between eye witnesses that could affect the witness’ memory for this event

82
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Does anxiety have a positive or negative affect on memory

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Negative

83
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Which type of skills are not affected by stress/physiological arousal

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Automatic skills

84
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What did Johnson and Scott look at

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Weapon focus effect and how is might reduce EWT accuracy

85
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How does the weapon focus effect reduce EWT

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distracts attention from other features therefore reduces the accuracy of identification

86
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What were the 2 items Johnson and Scott used to test anxiety levels

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Pen covered in grease (low anxiety)

Knife covered in blood (high anxiety)

87
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Where did Johnson and Scott ask participants to wait

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In a waiting room

88
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What happened in the room next to the waiting room in Johnson and Scott’s experiment

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An argument

89
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What happened after the argument in the waiting room

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Man came running through with one of the items (knife or pen)

90
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What was the mean accuracy in identifying the man with the pen

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49%

91
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What was the accuracy in identifying the man with the knife

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33%

92
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What did Loftus et al. 1987 show about anxiety

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It focuses attention on central features of a crime (eg weapon)

93
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What did Christianson and Hubinette 1993 conduct a study about

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Bank robberies in Sweden

94
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How many people did Christianson and Hubinette interview

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58

95
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How long after the robbery were the interviews conducted

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4-15 months

96
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What did Christianson and Hubinette find about the witnesses recall

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better than 75%

97
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What did Christianson and Hubinette find about the witnesses who were most anxious

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they had the best recall

98
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what does Christianson and Hubinette’s study show

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That anxiety does not reduce accuracy of recall

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